

“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Essays of Three Decades
― Essays of Three Decades

“Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?”
― Sigmund Freud and Lou Andreas-Salome Letters
― Sigmund Freud and Lou Andreas-Salome Letters
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